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Catriona Carey
Personal information
Born 1977 or 1978 (age 46–47)[1]
County Kilkenny, Ireland
Senior career
Years Team
Hermes Ladies' HC[2]
National team
Years Team Caps
1998-2006 Ireland 72[1]

Catriona Carey is an Irish former international hockey player and camogie player. Convicted of tax offences in 2008 and of theft and fraud in 2020, in early 2022, RTÉ Investigates reported that Carey was connected to fraudulent business practices.[3][4]

Sport

From Gowran in County Kilkenny,[5] Carey is the sister of hurler D. J. Carey.[6][7] As a camogie player, Carey was a member of the Clara GAA team that won the Féile na nGael Camogie Division 1 competition in 1992.[8] She later went on to play for the Kilkenny camogie team.[3][9]

Also playing field hockey,[10] she earned 72 caps for the Ireland women's national field hockey team, including at the 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Dublin.[1] She retired from international competition in 2006, after the 2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup, though continued to play club hockey for Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club.[1] She reportedly rejoined the Irish squad in 2008.[11]

Financial activities

Trained as an accountant,[12] she worked with her brother's cleaning company.[5] In 2008, while at the company, Carey was fined €1,500 after pleading guilty to knowingly producing an incorrect invoice to the Revenue Commissioners in connection with VAT. She was also found guilty of furnishing incorrect information to Revenue in 2006, and claiming a repayment of VAT to which she was not entitled. She resigned within six months of the court hearing.[13] After her departure from the firm, alleged "financial irregularities" were the subject of review by auditors and an investigation by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.[5] As of 2012, these investigations had "not led to any prosecutions".[5]

In 2020, Catriona Carey was convicted of fraud and theft, after forging a cheque to make it payable to her, rather than the business that had had hired her as an accountant.[12][14]

In mid-February 2022, RTÉ Investigates reported that she was connected to fraudulent business practices.[3][4] The RTÉ report referred to an "elaborate scam" and noted that the Gardaí had received several complaints about Carey and her company.[4][15] By February late 2022, an Irish Independent article (which described Casey as a "convicted swindler" with a "litany of unpaid debts") suggested that the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) received at least 30 such complaints.[16] The GNECB subsequently seized her car and searched her home as part of an investigation into alleged fraud.[14][17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Carey decides to call it a day with Ireland". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Club History". monkstownhockeyclub.com. Monkstown Hockey Club. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Hermes Hockey Club [..] has produced numerous senior international players over the years, including [..] Catriona Carey
  3. ^ a b c Mulgrew, Seoirse (14 February 2022). "RTÉ Investigates exposes elaborate mortgage scam by former Ireland hockey star". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Murphy, Paul (14 February 2022). "How this businesswoman conned distraught homeowners". rte.ie. RTÉ. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d O'Donovan, Donal (25 April 2012). "Family members were business partners -- and rivals". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. ^ Lynch, Suzanne (10 May 2011). "Court case shines spotlight on couple's debts and complex financial dealings". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ^ Hannigan, Mary (4 March 2000). "Sisters swinging from a lofty peak". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  8. ^ Kilkenny GAA Bible 2018 (PDF). kilkennygaa.ie (Report). p. 158. All Ireland Féile na nGael Camogie Champions Division 1 [..] 1992 Clara: [..] Catriona Carey
  9. ^ Uí Scolaí, Máire (19 July 2004). "Camogie: Galway class sees Antrim draw blank". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 15 February 2022. A determined Kilkenny side made a great start when Caitriona Carey, sister of the legendary DJ, crashed the sliotar to the net for the opening goal
  10. ^ Flack, John (2 May 2006). "Ireland's Carey grabs late winner". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Hockey: Carey back in Ireland panel". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Belfast Telegraph. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  12. ^ a b Molloy, Amy; Mulligan, John (14 February 2022). "Catriona Carey's downfall: From playing for Ireland to being convicted of fraud". independent.ie. Independent News & Media.
  13. ^ Tighe, Mark (13 February 2011). "DJ Carey's sister had Vat convictions while at his company". The Times.
  14. ^ a b Hyland, Paul (2 March 2022). "Catriona Carey's home raided and documents seized by Gardaí investigating alleged fraud offences". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  15. ^ Sheehan, Maeve (20 February 2022). "Catriona Carey's assets being hunted by private investigator". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  16. ^ Sheehan, Maeve (27 February 2022). "Convicted swindler ran up a litany of unpaid debts". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  17. ^ Molloy, Amy (10 March 2022). "Gardaí seize BMW driven by convicted fraudster Catriona Carey who is at centre of further scam allegations". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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